Summary

For algebra-based Introductory Statistics Courses. This text is written to promote student success while maintaining the integrity of the course. Sullivan draws on his teaching experience and background in statistics and mathematics to achieve this balance. The four basic principles characterize the approach of this text; generating and maintaining student interest, promoting student success and confidence, providing extensive and effective opportunity for student practice and allowing for flexibly of teaching styles.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Instructor

xi

Preface to the Student

xviii

List of Applications

xxx

Photo and Illustration Credits

xxxv

Data Collection

2

(48)

Introduction to the Practice of Statistics

4

(8)

Observational Studies; Simple Random Sampling

12

(10)

Other Types of Sampling

22

(8)

Sources of Error in Sampling

30

(5)

The Design of Experiments

35

(15)

Chapter Review

43

(3)

Case Study: Chrysalises for Cash

46

(2)

Decisions: What Movie Should I Go To?

48

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

49

(1)

Organizing and Summarizing Data

50

(60)

Organizing Qualitative Data

52

(15)

Organizing Quantitative Data I

67

(18)

Organizing Quantitative Data II

85

(7)

Graphical Misrepresentations of Data

92

(18)

Chapter Review

98

(8)

Case Study: The Day the Sky Roared

106

(2)

Decisions: Tables or Graphs?

108

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

109

(1)

Numerically Summarizing Data

110

(80)

Measures of Central Tendency

112

(19)

Measures of Dispersion

131

(19)

Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion from Grouped Data

150

(7)

Measures of Position

157

(11)

The Five-Number Summary; Boxplots

168

(22)

Chapter Review

177

(9)

Case Study: Who Was ``A Mourner''?

186

(2)

Decisions: What Car Should I Buy?

188

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

189

(1)

Describing the Relation between Two Variables

190

(68)

Scatter Diagrams; Correlation

192

(15)

Least-Squares Regression

207

(14)

Diagnostics on the Least-Squares Regression Line

221

(15)

Nonlinear Regression: Transformations

236

(22)

Chapter Review

248

(6)

Case Study: The Mystery of Global Temperature Change

254

(2)

Decisions: What Car Should I Buy?

256

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

257

(1)

Probability

258

(66)

Probability of Simple Events

260

(15)

The Addition Rule; Complements

275

(10)

The Multiplication Rule

285

(11)

Conditional Probability

296

(5)

Counting Techniques

301

(23)

Chapter Review

315

(5)

Case Study: The Case of the Body in the Bag

320

(2)

Decisions: Sports Probabilities

322

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

323

(1)

Discrete Probability Distributions

324

(54)

Probability Distributions

326

(13)

The Binomial Probability Distribution

339

(19)

The Poisson Probability Distribution

358

(20)

Chapter Review

369

(5)

Case Study: The Voyage of the St. Andrew

374

(2)

Decisions: Should We Convict?

376

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

377

(1)

The Normal Probability Distribution

378

(76)

Properties of the Normal Distribution

380

(12)

The Standard Normal Distribution

392

(14)

Applications of the Normal Distribution

406

(9)

Assessing Normality

415

(7)

Sampling Distributions; The Central Limit Theorem

422

(15)

The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability Distribution

437

(17)

Chapter Review

444

(6)

Case Study: A Tale of Blood Chemistry and Health

450

(2)

Decisions: Join the Club

452

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

453

(1)

Confidence Intervals about a Single Parameter

454

(62)

Confidence Intervals about a Population Mean, σ Known

456

(19)

Confidence Intervals about a Population Mean, σ Unknown

475

(15)

Confidence Intervals about a Population Proportion

490

(8)

Confidence Intervals about a Population Standard Deviation

498

(18)

Chapter Review

505

(7)

Case Study: The Search for a Fire-Safe Cigarette

512

(2)

Decisions: What's Your Major?

514

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

515

(1)

Hypothesis Testing

516

(76)

The Language of Hypothesis Testing

518

(9)

Testing a Hypothesis about μ, σ Known

527

(19)

Testing a Hypothesis about μ, σ Unknown

546

(12)

Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Proportion

558

(10)

Testing a Hypothesis about σ

568

(7)

The Probability of a Type II Error; the Power of the Test

575

(17)

Chapter Review

581

(7)

Case Study: Dating Stonehenge

588

(2)

Decisions: What Does It Really Weigh?

590

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

591

(1)

Inferences on Two Samples

592

(62)

Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples

594

(13)

Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples

607

(12)

Inference about Two Population Proportions

619

(12)

Inference about Two Population Standard Deviations

631

(23)

Chapter Review

644

(6)

Case Study: Control in the Design of an Experiment

650

(2)

Decisions: Where Should I Invest?

652

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

653

(1)

Chi-Square Procedures

654

(50)

Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test

656

(11)

Contingency Tables; Association

667

(10)

Chi-Square Test for Independence; Homogeneity of Proportions

677

(27)

Chapter Review

694

(6)

Case Study: Feeling Lucky? Well, Are You?

700

(2)

Decisions: Benefits of College

702

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

703

(1)

Inference on the Least-Squares Regression Model; ANOVA

704

(52)

Inference about the Least-Squares Regression Model

706

(17)

Confidence and Prediction Intervals

723

(6)

One-Way Analysis of Variance

729

(27)

Chapter Review

745

(7)

Case Study: Craniometry: Hat Size and Intelligence

752

(2)

Decisions: Buying a Car

754

(1)

Consumer Reports Project

755

(1)

Nonparametric Statistics

756

An Overview of Nonparametric Statistics

758

(2)

Runs Test for Randomness

760

(8)

Inferences about Measures of Central Tendency

768

(8)

Inferences about the Difference between Two Measures of Central Tendency: Dependent Samples

776

(10)

Inferences about the Difference between Two Measures of Central Tendency: Independent Samples